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Al Gore on Welfare & Poverty

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Housing: Keep interest rates low; foster more savings. (Oct 2000)
Invest to increase median family income by one-third by 2010. (Sep 2000)
$200B to encourage more savings by low-income workers. (Jun 2000)
Second generation of welfare reform: focus on fatherhood. (Jun 2000)
Build 180,000 low-income homes; subsidize 120,000 more. (Apr 2000)
Investing in inner cities is good deed & good business. (Apr 2000)
7M people off welfare: reform has worked. (Jan 2000)
Reduce child poverty via tax credits & minimum wage. (Jan 2000)
Invest in urban redevelopment and �Empowerment Zones�. (May 1999)
Faith-based organizations
Strengthen voluntary charity as well as federal welfare. (Sep 2000)
Supports volunteerism thru faith-based organizations. (May 1999)
Corporations should match donations to faith-based orgs. (May 1999)
�Charitable Choice:� Fed funds for church-based welfare. (May 1999)
Faith-based organizations replace govt programs. (May 1999)

Alan Keyes on Welfare & Poverty

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No socialism for poor children-invigorate families instead. (Jan 2000)
Volunteer for community service; not via government funding. (Oct 1999)
Shift welfare from government to the faith sector. (Oct 1999)
Disintegration of the family causes social ills. (Jan 1999)
Jewish support of welfare for blacks causes enmity. (May 1996)
Encourage two-parent families instead of paying baby bonus. (May 1996)

Bill Bradley on Welfare & Poverty

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Reducing teen pregnancy will reduce poverty. (Aug 2000)
1M kids lost health insurance:�96 welfare reform didn�t work. (Jan 2000)
Opposed 1996 Welfare Reform; now �wait & see� how it�s used. (Jan 2000)
Welfare is down, but deep poverty is up. (Jan 2000)
Bad ideas: block grants; 5-year cutoff. (Aug 1999)
Good ideas: federal commitment, address single-parenting. (Aug 1999)
Welfare should not require mothers to work. (Apr 1999)
Cut poverty to help cities; not welfare or aff. action. (Jan 1997)
Against welfare block grants to states. (Sep 1995)
Enlist civil institutions & churches for welfare reform. (Sep 1995)

Bill Clinton on Welfare & Poverty

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Help Low-income Fathers Support their Children. (Sep 2000)
End welfare as we know it. (Sep 2000)
Address Homelessness via federal, state, & county govt. (Jun 1999)
Welfare-to-work, instead of welfare as a way of life. (Jan 1996)
Welfare reform includes states, communities, & businesses. (Jan 1996)

Christie Todd Whitman on Welfare & Poverty

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Supports �Work First� & welfare benefit limits. (Dec 2000)
Help working poor with earned income tax credit. (Jan 2000)

Clarence Thomas on Welfare & Poverty

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Public housing entitlements are good programs. (Sep 1991)

Colin Powell on Welfare & Poverty

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Promise Five: Opportunities for community service. (Jan 8)
Teach kids volunteerism while young. (Jul 2000)
Reform the entitlement state, not just the welfare state. (Aug 1996)

Dick Cheney on Welfare & Poverty

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Bush�s call for charity not heeded by Cheney�s 2% donations. (Sep 2000)
Voted against WIC welfare nutrition programs. (Jul 2000)
Raise public housing rent; pay with oil import revenue. (Jan 1988)
Supported family services being provided by private groups. (Jan 1988)
Co-sponsored bills for workfare; for local farmer control. (Jan 1988)
Voted to cut public housing & mortgage subsidies. (Jan 1986)
Co-sponsored bills for Enterprise Zones. (Jan 1986)

Donald Trump on Welfare & Poverty

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Let �saints� help teen moms; restrict public assistance. (Jul 2000)

Elizabeth Dole on Welfare & Poverty

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No stance on record.

Gary Bauer on Welfare & Poverty

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Pro-block grants; require teen moms to live with parents. (Jan 2000)
Allow religious organizations to provide welfare services. (Jan 2000)
Supports faith-based solutions for social ills. (May 1999)

George Bush Sr. on Welfare & Poverty

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1000 points of light: replace spending with volunteers. (Jan 1989)

George W. Bush on Welfare & Poverty

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Fund faith-based social services, not worship services. (Jun 25)
Housing: Help low-income purchasers, and housing developers. (Oct 2000)
Housing: Use HUD rental vouchers for first home purchase. (Oct 2000)
Bush�s Texan philosophy for the poor: up-by-the-bootstraps. (Oct 2000)
Blueprint: promote charity, community, and safety. (Sep 2000)
Transform low-income rentals to home ownership. (Aug 2000)
Focus welfare on transition to work & responsibility. (Jun 2000)
$1.7B over 5 years for home rehabs in poor neighborhoods. (Apr 2000)
50% tax credits for 20,000 home rehabs per year. (Apr 2000)
New Prosperity Initiative: rent vouchers; homeowner credits. (Apr 2000)
$1B & tax credits for Individual Development Accounts. (Apr 2000)
Remove tax �tollbooths� for poor single moms. (Jan 2000)
Supports low-income heating oil assistance program. (Dec 1999)
Work and responsibility to replace welfare. (Dec 1999)
Too much government fosters dependency. (Dec 1999)
Faith-based organizations
Faith-based initiative keeps separation of church and state. (Feb 22)
Religious groups must be part of solution to society�s ills. (Jan 25)
Establish federal & state �offices of faith-based action�. (Jan 25)
Government solving social problems crowds out compassion. (Oct 2000)
Devolve welfare to both state and private charities. (Sep 2000)
Fund faith-based private programs that promote independence. (Jun 2000)
Compassion Capital Fund to foster church-based welfare. (Apr 2000)
Church-based solutions for drugs, daycare, & crime. (Apr 2000)
�No-strings� vouchers for religious groups to do charity. (Jan 2000)
Religious charities deserve government support. (Dec 1999)
Churches provide �armies of compassion� to help the poor. (Oct 1999)
Look first to faith-based organizations. (Aug 1999)
Religious groups compete for state service contracts. (Jun 1999)

Harry Browne on Welfare & Poverty

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Repealing taxes will foster charity. (Sep 2000)
End unemployment programs; feds out of employment biz. (Jan 2000)
Religious & community-based charities should handle welfare. (Jan 2000)
End welfare completely; no entitlements to others� earnings. (May 1996)
War on Poverty & rent control cause poverty & homelessness. (May 1996)
Supports enterprise zones; eliminate govt regulations. (May 1996)
End welfare; return to private compassion & charity. (May 1996)
Community-based welfare ensured oversight & honesty. (Jul 1995)
Welfare perverts natural incentives & hence destroys lives. (Jul 1995)
8-month transition, then end all welfare checks. (Jul 1995)

Hillary Clinton on Welfare & Poverty

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Lazio weakened housing standards and limited public housing. (Oct 2000)
Lazio fought against FHA on low-interest housing loans. (Oct 2000)
Equal access to capital and jobs. (Jan 2000)
Working should mean no poverty. (Jan 2000)
Community involvement helps, but only in short term. (Dec 1999)
Don�t criminalize the homeless. (Dec 1999)
Microcredit is an invaluable tool in alleviating poverty. (Feb 1997)
Link payments to good parenting behavior. (Feb 1997)

Howard Phillips on Welfare & Poverty

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Federally subsidized welfare should be ended. (Jan 2000)
End welfare; family income doubles when fed gov�t shrinks. (Sep 1999)
Deconstruct the humanist-globalist welfare state. (Nov 1992)

Jesse Ventura on Welfare & Poverty

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Transition from Welfare to Self-Sufficiency. (Dec 2000)
Social programs should be a safety net, not a hammock. (Jul 2000)
Focus welfare on jobs & training. (Jul 2000)
Believes in private charity, not government charity. (Jan 1999)

Jimmy Carter on Welfare & Poverty

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Spends one week per year building affordable housing. (Dec 2000)

John Ashcroft on Welfare & Poverty

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Allow states to contract with charitable organizations. (Nov 2000)
Charitable Choice helps break cycle of poverty. (Sep 2000)

John Hagelin on Welfare & Poverty

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Supports tax credits for job creation & empowerment zones. (Jan 2000)
Welfare via block grants; focus on job creation. (Jan 2000)

John McCain on Welfare & Poverty

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Supports block grants, welfare-to-work, state control. (Jan 2000)
Anti-poverty shared by gov�t & faith-based orgs. (Jan 2000)
List unoccupied HUD-owned homes, & give them away. (Feb 1999)
Use tax code to address unemployment & working conditions. (Jul 1998)
More housing assistance; tax breaks against homelessness. (Jul 1998)
Pro-block grants; pro-welfare-to-work. (Jul 1998)

Mario Cuomo on Welfare & Poverty

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Support workfare, enforce child support, state flexibility. (Jul 1995)

Newt Gingrich on Welfare & Poverty

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Eight steps to improve opportunity for poor. (Jul 1995)

Pat Buchanan on Welfare & Poverty

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Welfare is a state and local responsibility. (Jan 2000)
Corporations are �amoral behemoths�. (Sep 1999)

Ralph Nader on Welfare & Poverty

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Charity work is good; but politics addresses root causes. (Oct 2000)
Attack corporate welfare kings, not poor welfare queens. (Oct 2000)
Limit executive compensation to 30-to-1 over lowest pay. (Oct 2000)
Domestic Marshall Plan to abolish poverty. (Oct 2000)
Democracy can�t co-exist with gross income inequality. (Jun 2000)
Retail malls siphon off business from central cities. (May 2000)
Homelessness is peaking despite good economy. (May 2000)
Big business lobbying subordinates democracy. (Feb 2000)
Training & earned income credits are corporate subsidies. (Apr 1996)
Consumer Rights
Help for ordinary people should replace corporate welfare. (Sep 2000)
Address corporate crimes piecemeal AND by revoking charters. (Feb 2000)
Stop giving corporations the same rights as people. (Dec 1995)

Rev. Jesse Jackson on Welfare & Poverty

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We spend more on corporate welfare than on AFDC. (Aug 1995)
Poor are not lazy; they do our dirty work. (Aug 1995)
Deal forcefully with �permanent disaster areas� in cities. (Jul 1991)

Ronald Reagan on Welfare & Poverty

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Cut back AFDC & other targeted poverty programs. (Jul 1991)
Championed �workfare� as California Governor. (Jul 1991)
As CA Governor, opposed AFDC as rewarding lack of work. (Jan 1971)

Ross Perot on Welfare & Poverty

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Get business & churches involved with schools. (Jul 1996)
Transform welfare recipients to productive citizens. (Jul 1996)
Massive redistribution from wealthy to poor. (Nov 1992)

Rudy Giuliani on Welfare & Poverty

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Welfare offices as job centers. (Jan 2000)
The homeless need special attention: reach out & help. (Jan 2000)
Change welfare offices into job centers. (Dec 1999)
460,000 moved off welfare rolls during Rudy�s tenure. (Dec 1999)
Do whatever it takes to get the homeless off the streets. (Dec 1999)
Govt stabilizes business; businesses provide jobs. (Sep 1997)

Steve Forbes on Welfare & Poverty

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Federal welfare is devolving to state and community. (May 1999)
�Homestead Act� for tenants to own projects. (Nov 1995)
Charitable deduction gone under Flat Tax; but giving is not. (Nov 1995)
Supports Enterprise Zones as welfare opportunity. (Nov 1995)

Tommy Thompson on Welfare & Poverty

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Replace welfare program with self-sufficiency program. (Jan 8)
Replace Welfare with the Tools to Succeed. (Dec 2000)
Early leader in welfare reform. (Dec 2000)
No government handouts; demand something in return. (Aug 1995)
Supports block grants to foster state experimentation. (Aug 1995)

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